Gravity and Electrostatics

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Field Lines

One layout of objects drawn twice, as gravity and as electric field, so you see both laws fall off as one over r squared and that the real difference is that charge has two signs.

Science Grade 11 Sandbox

Word Wall

6 words in English and Spanish: law of universal gravitation, Coulomb's law, inverse square law, field, charge, weight. Print them as wall cards, mini cards or a student glossary.

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Lesson plans

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• Field Lines50 minutes · I can use Newton's law of gravitation and Coulomb's law to compare gravitational and electric fields, and explain why both fall off as one over r squared.